- Date
- November 15, 1992, 11:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place
- Denver, CO
- Injuries
- 18 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N317BHBeech 1900C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921115049429A
- Case key
- 18262
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Probable cause
The ramp agent misjudging the clearance between the airplane and gpu. A factor was: unavailability of proper ground assistance.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After starting the no. 2 engine, the captain signalled the ramp agent to disconnect the ground power unit (gpu). The agent signalled the captain the gpu had been disconnected and the captain verified this by observing the 'ext pwr' annunciator light had extinguished and there was no voltage to the external power selector on the voltmeter. After starting the no. 1 engine, the captain signalled the ramp agent he was ready to taxi. The agent gave an all clear signal and directed him to make a hard right turn. As the airplane was pivoting right, the aft portion of the airplane struck the gpu, rupturing the pressure vessel. The captain said the disconnected gpu was not visible from the cockpit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N317BH
- Reported as
- Beech 1900C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- UB-32
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-65B, 1,100 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Britt Airways, Inc., doing business as Continental Express
- Registered owner
- Beech Acceptance Corp., Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · January 2, 1900
- Departed
- DEN
- Destination
- TEX · Telluride, CO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DEN · Stapleton Int'L
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 900 in this make and model · 1,700 as pilot in command · 240 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 16,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.